Abstract:
One of the causes of the lack of exclusive breastfeeding is mastitis in
breastfeeding mothers. Mastitis is an event characterized by pain in the breast
caused by breast inflammation that can be accompanied by infection or noninfection.
Mastitis most often occurs in the second and third week after birth.
Poor breastfeeding techniques that result in inefficient removal of breast milk are
important causes of mastitis. The purpose of this study was to analyze the
relationship between breastfeeding techniques and the risk of mastitis in
breastfeeding mother based on the results of empirical studies. This research uses
the type of library research. Literature search was carried out through the
Pubmed, and Google Scholar databases with the keywords "breastfeeding
technique and mastitis", "risk factor of mastitis", "the relationship of
breastfeeding techniques with mastitis" used 10 journals in this study. The results
of the analysis in 6 international journals and 4 national journals show that
breastfeeding techniques can affect the risk of mastitis in breastfeeding mothers.
This shows there is a match between the theory with the fact that breastfeeding
techniques greatly affect the occurrence of mastitis. The better the technique of
breastfeeding the mother, the smaller the risk of mastitis in breastfeeding mothers,
conversely the worse the technique of breastfeeding, the higher the risk of mastitis
in breastfeeding mothers.
